Re: CAT: import permits?
- Subject: Re: [iris] CAT: import permits?
- From: "Jim Gibbons" g*@mchsi.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:05:54 -0500
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:34 PM
Subject: [iris] CAT: import permits?
>>
> Rules are different for seeds. I don't know if the exemption for
> "bulbs" includes seeds of "bulbs" (i.e., iris seeds).
>
> Linda et al,
I've just had a note included with some seeds I received from the UK which
notes that seeds are really having a hard time. Much of it is to do with the
attempt to control kudzu-like problems for occuring. The thing is, the brush
is broad indeed that is painting the seed-exchanging world. There is a lot
of discussion about it within the NARGS community, since a lot of
inter-continent trading is done. We need common sense to prevail. Nobody
wants another kudzu, right Walta? But, a tiny rock garden bun isn't likely
to devour the south. I think it's interesting that some of the most noxious
weed problems were initially championed by the USDA and other governmental
groups.
And yes, a seed is a seed. Iris are not excluded.
I really don't want to follow the Australian model, where nothing gets in
without a hefty phyto charge.
Jim Gibbons
NC Coast Zone 8A and sandy...
gibbman6@mchsi.com
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